The Economist (US) back issues from December 2004:
Dystopia disarmed? Colombia's paramilitary demobilisation.(Demobilising Colombia's paramilitaries)
Dec 04, 2004
Counting the pennies; Antigua and Barbuda.(Antigua's thrifty budget)
Dec 04, 2004
Unravelling a tortured past; Chile's armed forces.(A report on Chile's dictatorship)
Dec 04, 2004
Where's the beef? Canada and the United States.(George Bush in Canada)
Dec 04, 2004
Spend and defend; Japan.(Japan's defence plans)
Dec 04, 2004
Shame on the summiteers; ASEAN.(ASEAN's disappointing summit)(Association of South-East Asian Nations)
Dec 04, 2004
Blue on green; Taiwan.(Taiwan's parliamentary election)
Dec 04, 2004
Going straight; Afghanistan.(Afghanistan's Taliban)
Dec 04, 2004
Nothing to smile about; Nepal.(Nepal in chaos)
Dec 04, 2004
Down and dangerous; China.(Coal mining in China)
Dec 04, 2004
Love at the age of choler; The new Garcia Marquez novel.(Gabriel Garcia Marquez's new novel)(A Memoir of My Sad Whores)(Book Review)
Dec 04, 2004
Original; Sylvia Plath.(The original edition of Sylvia Plath's "Ariel")(Book Review)
Dec 04, 2004
Untouchable; Margot Fonteyn.(A new biography of Margot Fonteyn)
Dec 04, 2004
Sought, not found; Artists and the divine.(Artists painting the face of god)
Dec 04, 2004
Edgy then,edgy now; Opera that shocks.(Shocking opera at the Bolshoi)
Dec 04, 2004
Tractor art; Agit-porcelain.(Russian porcelain harnessed to the revolutionary cause)
Dec 04, 2004
Long shadows; Two English philosophers.(Two English philosophers who have stamped modern politics)
Dec 04, 2004
The unlikeliest pairing ever; Northern Ireland.(Nearly a deal in Northern Ireland)
Dec 04, 2004
The landlords are nervous; Housing market.(The buy-to-let business)
Dec 04, 2004
Capital crimes; Murder.(Murder in London and New York)
Dec 04, 2004
Eat up your greens; School meals.(Making school meal appetising and profitable)
Dec 04, 2004
Not dead yet; Bookshops.(Bookshops were supposed to be the first casualties of internet retailing. It hasn't happened)(Industry Overview)
Dec 04, 2004
The agony of David Blunkett; Bagehot.(The David Blunkett affair)
Dec 04, 2004
Yanukovich's friends; Human rights.(A maverick human-rights outfit)(Viktor Yanukovich)
Dec 04, 2004
Everybody loves a pirate; Pirate radio.(New licenses for pirate radio stations)
Dec 04, 2004
Raising the blindfold; Criminal justice.(Prior convictions to be revealed more often)
Dec 04, 2004
Behave, or else; Education.(What to do about classroom behaviour?)
Dec 04, 2004
Two cheers, two saints; The Greek and Roman churches.(The return of old bones)
Dec 04, 2004
In search of plan B; Ukraine.(The post-election mess continues)
Dec 04, 2004
A constitutional oui; The French Socialists and Europe.(France's Socialists and the EU constitution)
Dec 04, 2004
Another faraway country; Charlemagne.(The implications of a democratic Ukraine)
Dec 04, 2004
Tax and spend; Italy.(Strikes and tax cuts galore)
Dec 04, 2004
One more dubious vote? Romania's elections.(Romania's dubious elections)
Dec 04, 2004
Merger muddle; Cross-border deals in the European Union.(Takeovers in the European Union)
Dec 04, 2004
Getting a grip; Oil.(The oil market)
Dec 04, 2004
What crisis? Emerging-market debt.(Ukraine, America and debt)
Dec 04, 2004
Trade's bounty; Economics focus.(Economics focus: America's trade dividend)
Dec 04, 2004
Burnished; Gold.(The soaring gold price)
Dec 04, 2004
An activist ousted; CalPERS.(CalPERS's president is ousted)(California Public Employees Retirement System)
Dec 04, 2004
Other people's children; British social policy.(Child care in Britain)
Dec 04, 2004
A failing state; Nepal.(Nepal: a failing state)
Dec 04, 2004
Business as usual; European reform.(Europe's merger directive)
Dec 04, 2004
The disappearing dollar - The disappearing dollar; World economy.(The disappearing dollar)
Dec 04, 2004
Russian roulette; Ukraine's election.(Russia's interference in Ukraine's election is backfiring)
Dec 04, 2004
Is this the world's least effective UN peacekeeping force? Congo, Rwanda and the UN.(The UN's hopeless force in Congo)
Dec 04, 2004
Barghouti's challenge; Palestinians and Israelis.(Barghouti on the ballot; Sharon on the ropes)(Ariel Sharon)
Dec 04, 2004
Good news, maybe; AIDS in Angola.(Good news on AIDS in Angola)
Dec 04, 2004
Easy to lay, hard to dig up; Lifting landmines.(Five years after land mines were banned)
Dec 04, 2004
Still defiant; Iran's nuclear ambitions.(Iran's nuclear escapades)
Dec 04, 2004
Rafael Eitan; To come.(Rafael Eitan, an Israeli general)(Obituary)
Dec 04, 2004
Courage to fulfil our responsibilities - Kofi Annan; By invitation.(By invitation: Kofi Annan)
Dec 04, 2004
The passing of the buck? - The future of the dollar.
Dec 04, 2004
A hard, simple problem; Puzzles.(A new puzzle for Christmas)
Dec 04, 2004
Radio-too-active; Security screening.(Radioactive people and security)
Dec 04, 2004
If the cap fits; Stress and ageing.(Stress really does age people)
Dec 04, 2004
About face; Prosopagnosia.(How people recognise faces)
Dec 04, 2004
Plugging in, at last.
Dec 04, 2004
A grid by any other name.
Dec 04, 2004
Not quite out of this world.
Dec 04, 2004
Why the future is hybrid.
Dec 04, 2004
The future of crowd control.(Industry Overview)
Dec 04, 2004
The evolution of the photofit.
Dec 04, 2004
Your cheating phone.
Dec 04, 2004
Battle of the blue lasers.(Industry Overview)
Dec 04, 2004
In praise of P2P.(peer-to-peer )
Dec 04, 2004